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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Great travel photographs require the ability to tell a story. It’s the same skill National Geographic photographers use to get their breathtaking shots, and it’s one any photographer can master. Here, National Geographic photographer Bob Krist shares his insights with viewers through 24 lectures packed with the best photos from his career as a travel photographer.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Growing food is one of the most rewarding things to can do. Whether living on rural acreage or a city lot, anyone can grow a simple garden, regardless of their skill level and busy schedule. These twelve lessons are full of tips and tricks for novice gardeners and green thumbs alike. Learn to grow fresh food right outside or inside the home.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Science has revealed that the ability to lose weight and maintain that loss is affected by a complex web of hundreds of physical, mental, and emotional factors. Viewers will learn practical tips to help them implement the behavioral changes needed to lose weight and keep it off.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Author and elder law attorney Sally Balch Hurme gives viewers a practical, step-by-step foray into legal affairs. From property rights to wills and trusts to insurance and estate planning, these eighteen eye-opening lectures give viewers everything they need to prepare their finances and their future. Filled with accessible advice, this course should be required viewing for people of any age.
5) How to Sing
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
These expertly designed lessons break down the elements of voice technique into graspable steps, guiding to build solid skills as a singer and to express self through any kind of music or style. In this course, learn how to find freedom of movement and flexibility in the vocal mechanism; produce a clear tone; develop resonance, and interpret a text and communicate connections to it in singing.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Discover everything needed to make trees and shrubs a manageable investment in outdoor spaces with this practical course filmed in beautiful natural locations and an in-studio garden. Taking viewers through different landscapes, climates, and seasons, these twelve lectures reveal strategies for shopping, planting, and caring for trees and shrubs like the experts. The course delivers insights into the most effective ways to plant, fertilize, mulch...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In these 24 lectures, award-winning Professor Mark W. Muesse offers a clear and usable understanding of the essence of meditation and how to practice it. Learn the principles and techniques of sitting meditation; the related practice of walking meditation; the highly beneficial use of meditative awareness in activities such as eating and driving; and much more.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Taught by Peter Bagge, a cartoonist, and award-winning comics creator, it will show how comics are made and why they have become so enduringly successful. Like any wide-ranging and long-lived medium, comics creators put certain technical and creative tools to use when they produce their stories. Get a firsthand look at how these tools are used, and how digital tools have changed the comics landscape. From political cartoons and the newspaper funny...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Money management can be intimidating. Fortunately, most people only need to learn a few basic principles to make good financial decisions. Get a comprehensive overview of what everyday people need to know. Whether just getting started in life or contemplating retirement, this course offers an excellent primer with all the information you needed to build a financial plan to achieve goals. Managing money is more than being frugal. It's about recognizing...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
When people hear about someone surviving a great challenge, they often hear that the person 'rose to the occasion.' But in fact, psychologists find that in moments of terror, people revert to their lowest level of training and preparation. Knowing that the trick is to bring up their ‘lowest level’ by continually improving their training and preparation, practicing for survival now, and building the resilience that will sustain them in...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Sabine Stanley, PhD, a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University, guides viewers through the solar system on a thrilling ride of discovery, illustrated by the phenomenal images NASA has gathered through its telescopes, cameras, and laboratories on Earth, in low-Earth orbit, and throughout the solar system.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Embark on an insightful, intimate, and extraordinarily revealing look at the elements of bestselling fiction. Get a comprehensive, eye-opening, and illuminating survey of the entire writing process, as well as a full breakdown of how dozens of best-selling authors have implemented these best practices in their own writing. As an aspiring author, gain a wealth of tools that will not only improve the ability to write but will also increase the enjoyment...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Writing great fiction isn’t a gift reserved for a talented few; the craft of storytelling can be learned. Even if the viewer doesn’t dream of penning the next Moby-Dick, they’ll enjoy exploring the elements of fiction. From evoking a scene to charting a plot, get a master class in storytelling. Author James Hynes is an able guide, showing viewers what works for him, pointing out pitfalls to avoid, and inspiring viewers on their...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Learn everything needed to know about the art and craft of great photography straight from a professional photographer with more than 30 years of experience. Designed for people at all levels, these 24 lectures are an engaging guide to how photographs work and how to make them work better for viewers.
In this collection of 24 lectures (30 min. each), Joel Sartore lectures on the basics of operating a camera, the elements of a photograph and composition...
Publisher
The Great Courses, | The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Experience the fun, intellectual challenge, and practical benefits of learning Spanish, one of the world’s most useful and beautiful languages. In this brilliantly designed course, get ‘under the hood’ of the language, using an approach the teacher has refined for over twenty years to empower adult learners. Even if someone thinks they lack aptitude for languages, these lectures will have them conversing in Spanish.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Birding offers direct contact with one of the primary treasures of wildlife. In this course, learn core elements of birding and methods for observing birds in the field. Also, take a panoramic look at the bird species of North America, and visit 23 of the top North American birding sites. These lectures are your doorway to an endlessly, rewarding pursuit and a lifetime of enjoyment and discovery.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Archaeologist and award-winning Professor Jodi Magness helps viewers relive and encounter life in the ancient Holy Land through the lens of archaeology. These 36 lectures are a chance to get up close and personal with ruins, artifacts, murals, documents, and other long-buried objects that will take viewers deep beneath the pages of the Bible.
19) How to Paint
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Practice painting in the company of an award-winning artist and professor. Not only will viewers learn how to select tools and apply techniques, but they'll develop the visual skills and muscle memory that makes painting an infinitely adaptable form of artistic expression. These 24 lessons feature hands-on demonstrations that bring the art school experience into the home.
Since the earliest days of human society, we have been painters. Lining ancient...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
What limits are there, if any, on presidential power? How is that power kept in check? In the twelve timely lectures, Paul Rosenzweig of The George Washington University School of Law guides viewers through the ins and outs of presidential investigations, using past scandals and controversies as a lens through which to make sense of current (and future) ones.
In the centuries since the founding of the republic, there have been notable challenges...
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